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drained rich loam, rather sandy than otherwise ; and they have 

 an antipathy to frequent removals, or disturbings as by deep 

 digging in their immediate neighbourhood. On this account 

 it is not a safe process to attempt increasing them by division; 

 but as the two species ripen seed more or less freely, there is 

 nothing to regret in that respect, as propagation by seed will 

 be found both more expeditious and safe. The seed should 

 be sown in pots in a cold frame or under a hand-glass in 

 spring. 



T. fabacea, syn. T. rhombifolia {Beaii-Iike T.) — This species 

 grows erect about i8 inches high. The stems are thinly fur- 

 nished with trifoliate leaves ; the leaflets broadly egg-shaped, 

 and diminishing sharply from the centre to both ends, and 

 clothed underneath with silky hairs. The flowers appear in 

 summer in loose racemes, are bright yellow, and rather large. 

 Native of Kamtschatka. 



T. lanceolata {Sharp-Icavcd T.) — This is scarcely so tall as 

 the last. The stems are erect, rarely exceeding i foot in 

 height. The leaves are trifoliate, on very short stalks. The 

 leaflets are lance-shaped. The flowers few together, in loose 

 heads, are large, bright yellow, and appear in June and July. 

 Native of Siberia. 



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In this large tribe none of the other herbaceous genera can 

 compare in beauty with Spircea. It is the only genus yielding 

 hardy herbs that can come into rivalry with the handsome 

 shrubs for which the order is distinguished, and some of them 

 are among the most beautiful of hardy border-plants. Yet 

 there are other genera quite worthy of cultivation. Dry as and 

 Dalibarda furnish several pretty rockwork gems, and suitable 

 also for the front lines of mixed borders ; and genera Potcjitilla 

 and Gilkfiia yield some interesting and pretty subjects for the 

 same purposes. 



Dalibarda fragarioides, syns. Waldsteinia fragarioides and 

 Comaropsis Doniana (6'/'n?7t'/7^r/7-///^^ Z>.) — This plant is the 

 only ornamental representative of an otherwise weedy genus, 

 and is erroneously circulated under the name Waldsteinia 

 geoides. It is a low creeping plant, rooting freely as it extends. 

 The leaves are composed of three coarsely-toothed leaflets. 

 The flowers are bright yellow, three or four together on the 



